Problem/Motivation
I would like to use a Text (formatted) field to create a "Description" field appropriate for an og:description meta tag, since we typically want to limit those to 100-300 characters max, and also want it to allow HTML tags since it could be used for display. It is not possible to use a textarea/CKEditor widget for these fields without https://www.drupal.org/project/textarea_widget_for_text
Steps to reproduce
- Create a new "Text (formatted)" field to a node type
- Move to the "Manage Display" tab and observe you can only use the "Text field" widget
Proposed resolution
Allow the use of the "Text area (multiple rows)" widget
Remaining tasks
- Are there any issues with validation? Can we make the user experience better for CKEditor where there is a #maxlength on the textarea source field? Maybe something like https://www.drupal.org/project/ckwordcount or propose CKEditor shows something if #maxlength is reached in the WYSIWYG?
User interface changes
The new widget is available in the "Manage Display" form.
API changes
None
Data model changes
None
